GRE Word List
EMISSARY
one designated as the agent of another : representative
The meaning of the word emissary is one designated as the agent of another : representative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |
| purse | a small bag for money |